• 1. 
    Which ancient Roman is thought to have built the first heated swimming pool?

  • Hadrian
  • Caligula
  • Gaius Maecenas
  • Caesar Augustus
  • 2. 
    Who among these women was the first to win a medal in both swimming and diving in the same Olympics?

  • Aileen Riggin
  • Janet Evans
  • Dawn Fraser
  • Debbie Meyer
  • 3. 
    Which of these sports is also known as water ballet?

  • water polo
  • canoe slalom
  • diving
  • synchronized swimming
  • 4. 
    Who was the first woman to swim across the English Channel?

  • Debbie Meyer
  • Gertrude Ederle
  • Helene Madison
  • Janet Evans
  • 5. 
    Who captured gold medals in both the 3-metre springboard and 10-metre platform diving events at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games?

  • Greg Louganis
  • Sammy Lee
  • John Naber
  • Klaus Dibiasi
  • 6. 
    Which of these swimming strokes is believed to be the oldest?

  • backstroke
  • breaststroke
  • side stroke
  • butterfly stroke
  • 7. 
    Which stroke, used in competitive freestyle swimming, is the fastest of all strokes and is almost always used for covering any considerable distance?

  • butterfly
  • backstroke
  • crawl
  • sidestroke
  • 8. 
    Which type of canoe, now mostly used for sport, originated with the Inuit people of Greenland?

  • flatboat
  • kayak
  • pirogue
  • Canadian canoe
  • 9. 
    George Freeth was billed as the “man who can walk on water.” What sport did he help to popularize?

  • paddling
  • canoeing
  • sailing
  • surfing
  • 10. 
    In which of these rowing races are all racers members of the Waterman’s Company of the City of London?

  • Doggett’s Coat and Badge
  • FISA World Rowing Championships
  • Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
  • Henley Royal Regatta
  • 11. 
    A water polo team consists of how many players?

  • 3
  • 11
  • 7
  • 6
  • 12. 
    Which swimmer won five Olympic medals and was the first man to hold world records in the 400-metre, 880-yard, and 1,500-metre freestyle events?

  • Matt Biondi
  • Henry Taylor
  • Arno Bieberstein
  • Vladimir Salnikov
  • 13. 
    Which champion swimmer and surfer developed the flutter kick in freestyle swimming and won three Olympic gold medals?

  • Walker Gillette
  • Jenny Thompson
  • Johnny Weissmuller
  • Duke Kahanamoku
  • 14. 
    Which athlete dominated the sport of kayaking in the mid-20th century, winning four world championships and six Olympic gold medals?

  • Pertti Karppinen
  • Gert Fredriksson
  • Thorvald Strömberg
  • Paul Elvstrøm
  • 15. 
    Which of these water sports uses a one-person craft called a sailboard?

  • parasailing
  • windsurfing
  • kayaking
  • surfing
  • 16. 
    Octopush is an underwater variety of what game?

  • tennis
  • hockey
  • rugby
  • polo
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